Burnout driver crashes - in front of police

An idiot driver did a burnout in front of police on Thursday night before crashing into two cars in the subsequent pursuit. He then assaulted a driver of one of the cars.

The 19-year-old male, who was driving a white Holden Commodore station wagon, did the burnout on Southbank Boulevard just after 8pm and then refused to stop for police.

With police in pursuit, the Commodore crashed into a Holden ute at the intersection of Power Street. The offending vehicle then allegedly crossed the centre median strip of Southbank Boulevard, travelled in the wrong direction up the Westgate Freeway off ramp, and crashed with a Mercedes sedan.

The offending driver then assaulted the male driver of the Mercedes sedan and fled.

Police arrested the Narre Warren man shortly after.

The driver of the Mercedes sedan, a 40-year-old man from Camberwell, was taken to The Alfred hospital with minor injuries as was his female passenger in the same vehicle.